Buying a motorcycle in Argentina or Brazil
 

I intend to travel in South America by buying a motorcycle (Honda Transalp or Africa Twin). As far as I know this is the easiest in Argentina or maybe in Brazil. In Argentina are quite many Transalps and a bit fewer Africa Twins on the road.
Who can give me addresses, advices, prices? Thanks for your help.

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Alois

Everyone seems to agree that it is impossible to buy and export a bike from Argentina. But yes, there are loads of Transalps. I would also look at the NX350, a kind of baby dommie, if you find a way around the regulations. Good luck.

For buying, look up my god friend Flavio, the owner of Motorbikes in BA. He rides an Africa and can get his hands on many to sell.
his website:
wwww.motorbikes9dejulio.com.ar
he only speaks spanish, tho

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Back on the road again.

sopgear.com

Hi Alois.
The Africa Twin is a great bike, but have you ever thought about the Yamaha Super Tenere? It is much the same bike, but has an extra 10hp, and would be just your kind of thing I think. This trusty bike has brought me all the way from Chile to Minas Gerais in Brazil with only minor problems. The last 8 months it has been parked with a friend of mine here in Brazil, and is in good condition. the bike is '91 model with 50.000 km on the road. The bike is modified and reinforced for long travels on bad roads and it has also got racks for givi saddle bags, that I am also selling. Tyres, chain and sprockets are all new.

The bike has currently got Australian plates , formerly the owner of Pat and Bin, patandbin@yahoo.com, whom you could give you a lot of info about the history of the bike before I got it about a year ago. I am thinking about doing importation to get Brazilian plates on the bike to sell it more easily.

Let me know if you´re interested.

All the best
Daniel

Thanks to all of you who gave me informations. I will contact you by e-mail in a few days.

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Alois

Hello Tim Stanley
Thanks for your recommendation. I contacted your friend Flavio from ...9dejulio and I am waiting for an answer. Do you know anything about paperwork regestering a motorbike in Argentina for non-residents? The language is no problem, I speak fluently Spanish. Regards Alois



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Alois

Hi Daniel
Thanks for your offer. I'm interested. Where is the bike now, what's the price, already registered in Brazil or still with Australian number plates? Total kms? Papers? Where can I get the bike? If registered in Brazil, it's o.k. for me, I know the country and I speak the language. The rest I think I can sort it out. Waiting for your reply. My e-mail adress is minas at mydiax.ch, since it's not possible to contact you by mail. Regards

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Alois

[This message has been edited by Alois (edited 09 March 2004).]

Alois, you'll hardly find any Transalp in Brazil. There's plenty of XT600, tho.
Good luck!

Hi Alois. Sorry forgot to inlude my email, it is: travellingdaniel@yahoo.no.

Looking forward to hearing from you

Daniel

Hi Alois.

Sorry for not including my email. Here it is: travellingdaniel@yahoo.no

looking forward to hearing from you

Daniel

Yes, I know, but in Argentina there are many, and there is a good dealer network with spare parts too, and paperwork in Argentina is less a mess than in Brazil. Furthermore, the Honda Transalp or the Africa Twin are more reliable than XT600. Sorry to say you that.



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Alois

Might be right. But you won't be allowed to take an Argentinian bike out of the country. If there is a way of doing this, I would really like to know.

cheers
Daniel

Alois, por si te interesa una BMW R100GS PD año 90 con menos de 20.000 kms. la tengo en venta en Paraguay.
Saludos
Patricio

Hi Daniel
Of course it's possible. I met several Argentine travellers with their bike in Chile. In Chile they want you to be owner of the bike for more than one year, but this is Chilean customs, not the Argentinian one. Another good place to buy a bike now is Costa Rica, I met some travellers with bikes registered in Costa Rica. But there is the problem of shipping the bike to South America (the Darian Gap...).


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Alois

Hi Alois

Argentines can of course take their vehicles out of their country, foreigners may not buy Argentine vehicles and take them out. That's the way it was last year, and still is , unless they've changed the laws recently.

good luck
Daniel